Howdy, The package information page[1] contains the following description of the Non-US section: Non-US/Main and Non-US/Non-Free These packages cannot be exported from the USA, they are mostly encryption software packages, or software that is encumbered by patent issues. Most of them are free, but some are non-free. The CD FAQ[2] contains the following description: There are two variants of the binary-1 CD, one with and one without software of the "non-US" category. Non-US software may be imported into the US without problems, but exporting it from the US is forbidden by law (it contains strong cryptographic code). I suppose both of these will need to be updated once the crypto-in-main transition is complete. I am primarily concerned with the status of patent-encumbered software, however. May it be distributed within the USA? How does this avoid the patent problems? Matt 1. http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages 2. http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/
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